Transcript john berger ways of seeing episode 2

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However, when you look without intention you вЂњsee yourself as you are,вЂќ outside of the image you are trying to maintain. She says that when you look with intention, you go to the mirror in a pose, seeing yourself with a projected image in mind. I particularly enjoyed the comment the women in the closing discussion made about intentionally seeing yourself in the mirror as opposed to catching a glimpse by chance. They both give the capturer a face they believe will be alluring for the man who views the final product.

He relates the facial expressions of the women in the old European paintings to the ones of women in pornographic magazines. These men judge the women for worrying so much about how they look, while painting them for their own viewing pleasure. This image of a woman with a mirror becomes a symbol of vanity. Male artists paint a nude woman, looking at themselves in a mirror. He talks about how women look in the mirror and see a sight to be looked at rather than just themselves. The significance of the mirror in the paintings Berger talks about has been my favorite part of this special.

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Bateman is meant to depict the average male working on Wall Street, signifying that the вЂњseen not heardвЂќ mentality was still prevalent among the upper class in the 80s, and worth talking about when the movie was made in the year 2000. He tells her he likes heels, a subtle order for her to begin wearing those shoes as well. In American Psycho, a movie set in the late 80вЂ™s, Patrick Bateman tells his assistant not to wear pants to work anymore. Until around the 1960вЂ™s the ideal woman in society was a housewife who was seen and not heard. This ideaвЂ™s influence has lived hundreds of years beyond this painting.

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She is facing forward, on full display for the King rather than Cupid himself. In the painting sent by the Grand Duke of Florence to the King of France, Venus is having an intimate moment with Cupid. The Western works of art depicted in the second episode of Ways of Seeing generally show women in a submissive role to men. I agree with BergerвЂ™s interpretation of these terms, being naked is to be free, while being nude is to be under a magnifying glass. They see each other differently, as something to be seen, and cover up as a result. The moment Adam and Eve become aware of their nakedness, they become BergerвЂ™s definition of nude. They go on to use leaves to cover themselves up from each otherвЂ™s gaze, as well as that of the viewer. Upon this realization, they hide from God out of shame for being bare. In a painting depicting the story of Adam and Eve, the pair eat the forbidden fruit and realize they are naked.

John Berger believes that the difference in nakedness and nudity lies in whether or not the subject is aware they are being seen.